The first amateur railway detective, Thorpe Hazell, was created by the British author Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch. Hazell is a railway expert and a vegetarian, who solved mysteries with his extensive knowledge of railway equipment and procedures. The author intended for him to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible._x000D_ Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868–1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ Peter Crane's Cigars_x000D_ The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern_x000D_ The Affair of the Corridor Express_x000D_ Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture_x000D_ How the Bank Was Saved_x000D_ The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box_x000D_ How the Bishop Kept His Appointment_x000D_ The Adventure of the Pilot Engine_x000D_ The Stolen Necklace_x000D_
